Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes

(Nancy Kaufman) #1

DROW HOUSE CAPTAIN


Each drow noble house entr usts the leadership of its


military forces to
a house captain, a position normally


held by the m
atriarch's first or second son. The house


captain
commands the drow and slaves making up the


family's army and has made extensive study of strategy


and tactics to become an effective leader in battle.


DROW INQUI SITOR




Drow
expect treachery. After all, the Spider Queen


encourages it. A certain amount of backstabbing and


double-crossing can be managed, but too much can


und
ermine an entir e community. To keep some sem-


blan
ce of order and to root out traitors, drow pr iestesses


employ inquisitors. Chosen from the ranks of the priest-


hood, these female drow possess authority equaled only


by the matrons of the noble houses. Anyone they decide


is at odds with the hierarchy faces torture and
usually


an excruciating death.


VARIANT: YOCHLOL SUMMONINC

Some drow inquisitors have an action that allows them
to

summon a demon.

Summon Demon (1 / Day). The
drow attempts to magi-

cally summon a yochlol, with a SO percent chance of suc-

cess. If the attempt fails, the drow takes 5 (ldlO) psychic

damage. Otherwise, the summoned demon appears in an

unoccupied space within 60 feet of its summoner, acts as

an ally of its summoner, and can't summon other demons.

It remains for 10 minutes, un
til it or its summoner dies, or

until its summoner dismisses it as an action.

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